Copepods or pest?

[QuinnLee512]

Are these copepods? If so I'm not exactly sure where they came from? This is in my coral/invert QT. Not much going on in here at the moment.

 

[SlugSnorter]

amphipods?

 

[QuinnLee512]

Amphipods are still a good thing right? For whatever reason, even though I have zero nitrates, I have high phosphates which is causing algae to grow. I'm wondering if my live rock is leaching phosphates? Don't amphipods and copepods appear when there's algae?

 

[G Santana]

Type of pod, good tank sign

 

[QuinnLee512]

I put Algaebarn copepods into my DT which has coralline algae all over it but I can't see to find any copepods. I've done nothing with my QT but have them crawling all over. Very odd.

 

[Spare time]

I forget the name of those but they are good


I have a ton of them. My overflow corner is apparently the place to be if you are one of these little guys lol

 

[SlugSnorter]

Amphipods are still a good thing right? For whatever reason, even though I have zero nitrates, I have high phosphates which is causing algae to grow. I'm wondering if my live rock is leaching phosphates? Don't amphipods and copepods appear when there's algae?

there is always algae. there will never be 0 algae. Pods are a good thing

 

[Butterfly561]

So looking at pictures, I thought these look like copepods.... they are getting bigger, but they are struck to glass and never move (other than slight movement from water flow).
I have a dozen or so on the front glass. (the other many spots I think are a spiral worm or snails). Getting ready to do a water change. Should I scrape them off?
Thanks in advance for helping me!!!

 

[Butterfly561]

So looking at pictures, I thought these look like copepods.... they are getting bigger, but they are struck to glass and never move (other than slight movement from water flow).
I have a dozen or so on the front glass. (the other many spots I think are a spiral worm or snails). Getting ready to do a water change. Should I scrape them off?
Thanks in advance for helping me!!!

So since they are not moving, I have concluded it must be the frozen mysis shrimp food sticking to the glass, smh.

 

[tREEFarm]

It's a little tough to tell, but the second photo looks more like pineapple sponges.